MUMBAI, 13 SEPTEMBER, 2020 (GPN): Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation three key projects related to the Petroleum sector in Bihar today via video conferencing. He dedicated HPCL’s LPG Bottling plant at Champaran, Bihar along with two projects of IndianOil.

Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said the special package announced for Bihar a few years ago, focused much on the state’s infrastructure. He said the special package given for Bihar had 10 big projects related to petroleum and gas worth Rs 21 thousand crore. Among these today it is the seventh project which is being dedicated to the people of Bihar. He also listed the other six projects which had been completed in Bihar earlier.

The LPG bottling plant at Harsidhi in East Champaran district of Bihar is built by HPCL for a total cost of Rs 136.4 crore. The Foundation stone for the Plant was laid by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 10-4-2018.

The plant is constructed on 29 acres of land. The bottling capacity of the plant is approximately 40,000 cylinders per day and it will serve 5 lakh consumers in the Districts of East Champaran, West Champaran, Mujjafarpur, Siwan, Gopal Ganj&Sitamarhi in Bihar and Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh.

The Prime Minister said in this period of Corona, millions of cylinders have been provided free of cost to the beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme which has benefited millions of poor families. He lauded the efforts of the petroleum and gas departments and companies, as well as the millions of delivery partners, as they did not let people run out of gas, even during the time of Corona, despite the dangers of infection. ENDS